56 CA Schools Make Top Colleges List: Forbes

CALIFORNIA — New college rankings from Forbes Magazine name 650 schools, including 56 in California that it says are the best in the country for 2019.

Names like Harvard, Stanford and Yale predictably topped Forbes’ list. The magazine says that whether a school ranks among the top 10 or is closer to the bottom, the institutions “count as the best in the country.” Forbes’ annual rankings looks at colleges that “deliver the top academics, career success and lowest debt.”

Here’s how California colleges were ranked on Forbes’ list:

• Stanford University, 2
• California Institute of Technology, 8
• Pomona College, 12
• University of California, Berkeley, 13
• Harvey Mudd College, 23
• Claremont McKenna College, 29
• University of Southern California, 30
• University of California, Los Angeles, 38
• Santa Clara University, 51
• Pitzer College, 54
• Scripps College, 60
• University of California, San Diego, 79
• University of California, Santa Barbara, 84
• University of California, Irvine, 87
• University of California, Davis, 88
• Occidental College, 102
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 115
• Loyola Marymount University, 124
• Pepperdine University, 129
• University of San Diego, 142
• Chapman University, 178
• San Diego State University, 181
• University of California, Santa Cruz, 183
• University of California, Riverside, 199
• University of San Francisco, 210
• Westmont College, 236
• University of the Pacific, 238
• California Lutheran University, 255
• Point Loma Nazarene University, 263
• California State University, Long Beach, 272
• California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, 273
• University of Redlands, 275
• Biola University, 293
• San Jose State University, 295
• Saint Mary's College of California, 297
• California State University, Fullerton, 300
• California State University Maritime Academy, 309
• Master's University, 332
• California State University, Chico, 335
• Mills College, 343
• California Institute of the Arts, 402
• Azusa Pacific University, 416
• California State University, Fresno, 417
• San Francisco State University, 426
• Whittier College, 429
• California State University, Stanislaus, 434
• University of La Verne, 455
• Sonoma State University, 457
• California State University, Sacramento, 469
• California State University, Northridge, 474
• California State University, East Bay, 494
• California State University, Los Angeles, 499
• California State University, San Bernardino, 500
• Mount Saint Mary's University, 524
• Vanguard University, 552
• Humboldt State University, 623

The top 10 colleges on Forbes’ list are:

1. Harvard University
2. Stanford University
3. Yale University
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5. Princeton University
6. University of Pennsylvania
7. Brown University
8. California Institute of Technology
9. Duke University
10. Dartmouth College

The methodology behind the rankings looks at five categories: alumni salary, student satisfaction, debt, on-time graduation rate and academic success. (Read more about Forbes’ methodology)